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TITLE
DI2LECTRIC CO~POSlTIONS
Fiel~d o~ In~ention
The in~en~ion relate6 to dielectric
co~po~ieion6, especially tho~e which ~e useful in
fo~ming ~ultilayer ~ircuits.
8ackqround oP the In~ention
Multilayer th~ck film ~ircu~t~ have bee~
u~ed for ma~y year~ to increa6e ~ircuit functionali~y
per unit of ~rea. Moreover, recent advanee~ 1~
cireuit- tech~ology have placed new demands on
dielectric materials ~or this use. Heretofore, ~o~t
o~ the dielectric ~aterial~ u~ed in ~ultilayer
ci~cuits have been conventional thic~ film dielectric
compo6itiong. Thege are ~o~pri~ed of i~ely divided
~ar~icle~ of dielectric ~olid6 ~na inorganic binders
dispersed in an inert orga~ic ~edium. Such thick
fil~ materials are usu~lly applied by screen
printing, though they ~ay be applied by other mean6
ZO as well. Thick film ~aterials o~ thi~ type are Yery
~mportant ~nd will continue to be ~o.
I~ constructi~g a ~ultllayer circuit using
thick fil~ mate~ials, it i~ nece66ary ~equentially to
~rint, dry and fire each func~ional layer be~ore the
next layer i6 applied. ThuE;, in a typ~cal 6ituation
i~olving thick f ilm multilayer eircui~s havi~g, ~ay,
twenty la~er8. 6ixty 8eparate proce~6~ng ~teps are
reguired as well as ~iXty in8pections to a6sUre ~he
quality of each of the proceEsed layer~. Such a
complex ~roces~ ig, of course, expensive bot~ becau~e
o~ the gleat nu~er of Rteps and becau6e o~ the high
yield lo~e$ which hereto~ore ~a~e been incident to
~uch a complex proced~e.
Anoeher approach to this problem ha6 been
E~-01g7 35 the use of dielectric tapes in which a large number
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o~ thin ~heet6 of ceramic ~ielectric matsrial, 6uch
as Al203, a.re laid down in~erspersed with
alternating printed layer6 of conductiv~ ~aterial~.
However, becau~e of the very high temperature, o~ the
order o 1600nC, ~eguired to 6i~ter Al~030 ~t i~
nece66ary to use ~e~y high ~elting conductive
~aterial6 6uch ~ ~olybdenum and tungsten.
Unfortunately, ~olybdenum and tung6ten have only
~oderate ~o~ductivity propertie6 which make them les~
~atisfactory for very h;gh 6peed, highly complex
circuitry. Mo~eoverO multilayer ci~cuit~ made with
these materials ~use be fired at 1600~C for guite
long period6 of ~ime. which ~ay approa~h 48 ~our~ or
~ore, ~o obtain adequate den~ifl~ation o~ ehe
Al203.
From the ~oregoing, lt ~an be ~een that
- there is a great need for a ~ielectric ~y~tem which
(l) can be fired at lower temper~tures, thu6
permit~i~g the use of conven~ional condu~tive
mate~ials such a~ gold~ copper, silver a~d ~alladium,
(2) ~an be densified by firing only a few hour6, (3)
can be fired in a nonoxidizing atmo6~here with good
burnout of orga~i~s and (43 qive production yiel&6
hav~nq good adhe6ion to rigid substrate6, layer
integrity snd t~e~mal e~pansion charac~eris~ics
clo~ely re~embli~g the 6ubst~ate, which i6 u~ually
fired alumina.
Brie~ DescriPtion of the Invention
In ~ew of t~e foregoing shortcomings of the
~cior a~t, th~ invention i~ ~irected in it~ primary
aspect eo a castable dielectric compo6ition
compri~inq a disper~ion of finely divided solid6
co~pri~ing:
a. ~0-70~ vol. noncrystallizable glass having a
softeninq point ~T~) of at least 500C and a
viscosity ~) o~ l x 106 poise6 or le~s at
~25-1025C: and
7~
. 60-30~ l. o~ a ~nlxtur~ o~ r~actol:y o~ om-
g ~-S9~i ~rol. P.1~03 ~nd S9~ olu~n~ ol!
~eonda~ y ~e~:~a~tory ~al~ceod ~ro~ ~-qu~r~,
CaZrO3, fu~3ed ~ C~119 ~o~d~erie~, ~ull~S~ ~d
S ~lYt~ eher~og, ~e ~ax~u~ aloollnt o~
~qusrtz, Ca~re~3 o~ iEu~ad siliL~ b~i~q ~0
~rol., ba~ to~ o~ niq ~ol~a8, in ~ ~oltl~lo~
~o~
. ~a poly~ri~ bi~d~r s~l~eee~4 fæo~ eoly(~ ch~
yc~ ) a~ poly~$l:~ o~ ~tha~ylD~
~o~o~po~d~ to t~ o~mula:
~3
C.-C
~.
- ~5 0 C~12-R. in ~hic~ tod ~ro
~n~ -C-R;2, in whie~ t a2 an~ Et3 a~a
~3
i~ arld~n~ly ~ t~d ~roE~ HJ Z~ yl~ alka~yl
an~ a~alkyl ~roups an~ (2) ao ~o~o ~han onQ o~
a~ arld R3 1~ -~, t~e gl~a tran~it~oll
teDIpo~tur~ o~ e~ ol~L, in~lud~ng ~ay
l~la~ lz~ er~in, ~ 30 to t20~, di~ol~ad 1
d . ~latil~ ~or~ueou~ ocg~nlo ~olv~e, th~ ~olum~
~5 ~ g?oly~r~ b~ nd~r and ~la2~tl~er b~n~ 30-~9
o~ t~ rolurll~ o~ COnlpOnent~ a. ,~b.
In ~ ~o~o~d ~ t, eh~ l~vant10n
d~r~ d to a ~at~od oY ~o~ln~ n ta~ by Qas~
~ ~nl~ layec o~ tne~ aboYo-~0~rlb~ d~ r~lon on~o
30 ~ clbl~ aubs~ te. ~u~h as ~ ~e~l belS or ~oly~
n~ haatins~ tho C~S l~y~r ~ re~oY~ t~
~rol~at,il~ sol~ nt tha~ om.
In a ehird ~n~t, th~ lnvention ~ tod
to ~ ~thod tor ~orm~ny a mule~l~y~ inter~onnection
35 com~ s~ng th~ 8t01?~ 4t~
, ...
a. printing and firing a pa~terned layer o~ thick
- film conductor ~ompo~ition on an inert eeramic
~ub6trate;
b. ~or~ing a patterned array of ~ia6 in one or more
layer~ of ~reen tape ~ade by the ~rocess-of claim
4:
. la~inating the green tape l~yer (8) of step b.,
having via~ therei~, over the printed side of the
a6sembla~e o~ ~tep a. and firing the ~fisemblage
at 825-1025e to form a den~ifiad layer o~
dielect~ic;
d. filling the via~ in the densifled dielec~ric
layer o~ ~tep ~. ~ith ~hic~ fil~ conductor
co~po6ition and f iring She a~sembl2~e:
e. printing and ~iring at lea~t one patterned thick
~ilm ~unctional layer over ~he fired assemblage
of 6tep d.: and
f. re]peating the ~equence of ~tep6 b. through e. for
a nu~ber of time~ ~ufficient to build up a
~redetermined number o~ interconnected functional
layers, each ~eparated by a layer of den6ified
dielectric.
Prior ~t
It ~6 ~ell known to employ "green tape~
the ~abrication o~ ~ul~llayer ~ir~uits~ ~uch green
tapeB are ~ade by castîng a dispersion o~ She
dlelectric mate~ial in a polymeric binder latex or
301ution o~ polymeric binder in ~olatile o~ganic
golv~nt onto a ~lexible ~ubstrate, ~uch a~ a steel
belt or polymeri~ o and then heating the ca~t
layer to remove the volatile ~olvent therefrom. Such
green tape~ and their application6 are disclosed ln
many paeent$; ~or example, the followin~:
SWi~8 et al. in ~.S. 4,153,491 di6clo6e a
3S green ~eram~ 6heet ~aterial compri6ing A1203 and
glass ~rit di~persed in a binder of organic ~aterial.
~ urley et al. in U.S. 3,717,487 di~clo6e a
ceramic Glip ~oncentrate compri6ing inter alia
A1203 di~pe~ed in a ~lip contalning a
polymethacrylate bind~r, ~;olvent and a disper~in
S agent.
In l).S. 3,857,923, Gardner et al. disclose a
~eramic green tape compri~ing mullite di~per~ed in a
binder such a~fi ~oly(vinyl buty~al)~
Schmanlc ~ n U. S . 3, g62 ,162 di~lo~es a
10 ea6'cing ~olution oL malcing green ceramic ~heet
colupri~ing refractory powder ~uch as A1203
di~per~ed in a solution of polye~ter, cro661inking
Dlo~omer, fr~e radical initiaeor and Dlold rel~ase
~ompound .
Il. S . 3, 98~, 405 to S~ich et al . di~closes a
~a~ting ~ompo6it~ on compri~ing a ceramic ~aterial,
e6pecially a 31a86 ceramic, dispers~d in an acryl~ c
copolymec latex in which one of the comonomer~ i6 a
poly~e~izable carboxylic acid.
U.S. 4,080,41~ and 4,104.345 ~o Anderso~ e~c
al. are di ect~d eo cer~mic green ~heets p~epared
from a ~asting ç;oluticn ~ontaining both a ~olvent and
nonsolvent Ior the organi~ binder.
U. 5 . 4, 272, 500 to E~gerding et al . i~
directed ~o a ~ramie green 1:ape compri6ing a ~nixture
of ~ullite and A1203 di6per~d in a poly-rinyl
butyral b~ nde~ .
Il. S. 4 ,183, 9gl to Smiley et al . di~close6 a
casting mixture compri6l ng a disper~ion of iLnert
30 f iller particles in a solution of polymer in olonomer
for preparing ~illed polymer ~heet~ as thin a~ 0.1
inch (0.25 cm).
~ .S. 4,301,324 to Xumar et al. ~ directed
to a ceramic green tape in which the ceramic material
i~ either B-~podumene OL cordierite.
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From the foregoing, it ~an be seen that much
work has been directed to high te~perature firing of
dielectric ~aterial~ in nonoxidizlng atmospheres a~
~ell as low tempe~ature firing ln oxidizing
atmo~phere6. ~ut very lit~le effore ~e~m~ to have
been directed to low temperature firing i~
nonoxidizing atmo~phere~.
DETAILED D~SCRIP~T~ION 0~ THE: INVENTION
The main purpo6e for the ~omposition6 of the
invention i~ ~o for~ ~ dielectri~ in6ulator ~o
separate ele~rically the functional layers of a
~ultilayer ~nter~onneetion. Vitreous glas6es are by
themselves unsuieable for use as insula~ny layer6 in
~uleilayer inter~onnections for the rea60n ~hat they
are re~ortened au~ing each of the sub~quent firin~
step~. Such ~esoftening allows She ad3ace~t
condu~tive patte~n6 tn sink into the gla68 0I to move
laterally. Such po~itional in~tability can, of
cour~e, ea~ily cause elect~ical ~horting.
The invention over~ome6 this dificulty ~y
the ~6e ~ith the glas~ of a mixture of refractory
oxide~ ~hich fierve to inh:lbit resoftening of the
glas~ during ~epea~ed firing ~tep6.
Gla8~:
~he compo6ition of the gla~6 for use in the
~ompo~itiong of the inventlon is ~ot crieical by
it~elf. It is ~ritical only ~rom the ætandpoint that
it ~e~ults in a glass which ~6 noncry6tallizable
under the condi~ions of u~e, has a ~oftening poi~t
tT~) o~ at lea~t 500C and a vigc061ty ~) of no
more ~han 1 x 106 poi~e~ ae 825-1025C. A gla~s
~c08ity of no ~ore ~han 1 x 105 poise~ at t~e
~intering temperature ie prefe~red. It has been
~ound that gla~6es havinq the ~bove combination o~
phy6ical properties when fired at 825-1025C anable
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quite good bur~out of the organics and have an
appropriate flow ~hara~teri6tic at the firing
~emperature 60 that the foLmulation 6inter~ to a very
high den~ity. i.e.. above 93% theoretical de~6ity,
thu6 givi~g a de~i~ably ~onporou6 layer which
prevent6 electrical ~horting of the conductive
electrode layer ~aterials with which the ~o~po8it~0
filed. Thu~, correlation o~ the6e ~o variable6
~ ~ecessary to defi~e the vi&~osity-~empera~ure
chara~teri~tic~ of the gla~e6 whi~h ~ay be u~ed in
ehe invention. A~ used hecein, the ter~ ~softeni~g
point~ (TB) ref2r6 ~o dilaeometric ~ofteni~g eoint.
It is es~ential t~at the qla6~ be
non~rystallizable under the ~onditions of u~e. I~
addition, ~t has been found ~hat the qla~6 mu6t
~ither (1) have no 6ignificant ~olubilizing effect o~
the re~ractory ~omponent of the ~omposition, or 52)
if it does 6ignificantly solubilize the refraceory,
the re6ul~an~ 601ution ~u~t have an approprîately
high vl~osity at the firing temperature o~ ~oth the
lnitial ~iring ~tep and during all subsequent firing
~tep6. It is, howevar, pref~erred thae th~ refra~tory
be no ~ore than about 20% wt. ~oluble ln the gla~s
and preferably no more than 10% we. ~oluble.
Likewiçe, ~he amour~t o~ glas~ relative to
the amount of refractory material iB quite
important. U~ing glas~e6 having densitie~ of ro~ 2
to 4 g~cm , the amount o~ ~lass will be 40-70% by
volu~e and preferably 45-65~ by volu~e with
complemental proportions of refractory. The preci6e
amoune of gla~6 depend6 largely on the vis~o6i~y of
the gla~s at the firing temperature~s). if the
vl~co~ity cf the gla88 i~ relatively high, more gla~
i~ needed. aut if the vi~c06ity of the glas6 i~
rel~tively low, less glass i~ needed. The amount of
gla6s ~ cri~ical in that, i~ there i6 too little,
the densi~ication of the layer on ~iring will be
insuffi~ient. On the other ha~d, ~f too ~uch glas~
is u~ed, the layer ~ay incur ~o much softening at the
firi~g temperature that the gla~s flows out of the
layer into adjacent condu~tor layer6. ehu~ ~au6i~g
po~ential ~horting p~oblems in the ~onductive
eircuit~ dition, ~uch gla6s ~low ~ay ~use the
adja~ent ~ondu~tore to become very difficult to
~older upo~. Too ~u~h glass ~an al~o ~au~e
~ntra~men~ of organi~6 which re~ults in bli~teEing of
the refractory layer duri~g ~ubsequent firi~g~s). 0~
the other hand, if ~he a~oun~ o~ glass i8 le~B ~han
40S by volume, ~he ~ired ~truceure i~ ~ot
~ufficiently densified ~nd is there~o~e too porous.
In eon~ideration o tha6e ~ariable6, it i~ pKeferred
~hat the compo6ition ~onta~ 45-65% volume gla~.
Refractory:
The refra~tory oxide ~omponent6 of the
inven~on ~ay, a6 described above, have only minimal,
i~ any, solubility ln wha~ever qla68 iB used
therewith. It is ~rucial ~ forming ~ultilayer
~ystems that the refra~to~y layer~ have ~imilar
expansion properties to the ~ubstrate ~o that the
assemblage, as it 18 built up into ~any layer~
di~ensionally stable, particularly ~th ~espect to
! sub6trate bowi~q. Wi~hin tbis ~r~terion, the
refractory oxide components will be chosen ~o that
the aami~ture of ~lass and refractory oxides will
have a te~perature coefficient o} expan6ion (TC~)
which approximate~ the TCE of the ~ub~trate on which
it i~ applied. Thus, if the gla~ has a low TCE
~e.g., below that of A1203), then a high TCE
filler such a~ a-quartz and CaZro3 i8 u~ed with
~he pri~ary refractory oxide. But i~ a high TCE
~la~6 is used, it wlll be preferred to u~e ~ low TCE
~ille~ ~uch as fu6ed (vltreou~) 6ilica, cordierite or
mulli~e. In other word~, the TCE of the admix~ure of
gla~ and primary and ~econdary oxides mu6t
approximate the TCE of the ~ub~rate on whi~h ehe
~ape ~ applied.
As indicated above, t~e relative ~mounts of
primary refr~ctory (A12~3) and se~ondary
refractory are not narrowly ~riti~al. Thus either
can constitute 1-59% by vol. sf the total inorganic
-solids.- It i8, however, preferred that the A1203
be at least 5S of the total 601id6. ~oreo~er, whe~
the ~econdary refra~tory i~ a-quartz, CaZrO3 or
~used silica, none of these material~ should
con6titute ~ore than 20~ by ~ol. o~ the total
inorganic solid6.
For the purpo~e of obtaining higher
den~ifi~ation o~ the compo6ition upon firingl it i6
imeortant that the ino~ganic solid6 have guite ~mall
~arti~le 6iZe~. In particular, sub6tantially ~one of
the particle6 should exceed 15 ~m and preferably
they should not exceed 10 ~m. It i6 preferred that
~ubstantially all of the ~norganic solid pa~ticle6
lie iR the range of 0.~-5 ~m.
25 Polymer~c Binder:
The organic ~edium, in which ~e gla86 and
rePra~tory inorganic ~olid~ are di~perfied, iB
comprised of ~he pblymeric binder which i8 diBSolVed
in a volatile organic solvent and, optionally, other
dissolved ~aterial~ ~uch a6 plas~cizers, release
agents, disperslng ~gent6, stripping agent6,
antifouling agents and wetti~g agent~.
In the past, it ha6 been pos6ible to u~e a
wide variety o~ poly~eri~ material6 a6 ~he binder for
sreen tapes because they were fired in air at high
~.7~
.
~pe~atu~s ~u~h that the poly~r, what~ver lt ~aB,
~ould be burned out ~a~her ~a~ily. 8uch ~ol~mers
i~elu~ed polytvinyl butyral), poly~inyl ~c~taee),
polytYl~yl ~lcohol), c~llu108ic ~olymer~ ~uch a~
~ethyl cellulo~eO ~thyl ~ellulo~e~ ro~yethyl
cellulo~e, oeehylhydroxyet~yl cellulo~e, a~a~tlc
polypropyle~e~ polyethylen~ on poly~er6 ~uch
~oly(oethyl ~ilo~ane~, po~y(~ethyl~henyl ~iloYane),
poly6~yre~e, butadien~/fityre~e eopolymer,
19 poly6tyrene. poly(vi~yl pyrollido~e)~ polyam~de6.
high ~ol~cular ~eight poly~thers, copolymer~ of
ethylene oxide and prupylene ox~de, polyacrylamldes~
a~d ~ari~u~ ~crylic poly~er6 ~uch as ~odium
~olyacrylate, poly tlower al~yl ~crylate~),
poly(lower alkyl ~ethacrylate~ a~d v~riou6
copoly~er~ and ~ultipolyme~ of lower ~lkyl acrylat~
and ~etha~rylate6. Copoly~er~ o~ ethyl ~ethacrylate
and ~e~hyl a~rylat~ and ~erpolymer~ of ethyl
acr~late, ~e~hyl ~ethacrylate ~nd ~et~a~rylic acid
haYe been pre~iou~ly u~e~ a~ bi~aer~ or slip ca~ting
~ater ial6 .
~ore resently, Usala in U.S. Patent
4,536,535, granted August 20, 1985 ha6
disclosed an or~anic binder for air-~ired green tape6
25 whi~h i~ a ~xtur~ of co~patibl~ ~ult~poly~er~ of
0-100~ ~t. Cl 8 alkyl aethacrylate. 100-0~ wt.
~1 8 alkyl a~rylate and 0-5% wt. eehylenically
un~aturated carboxyllc ACi~ or ~mine. ~owever, ~o~t
o~ t~e above~ ted poly~er~ ~re unsu~table for ~r~en
~apes which ~r~ to be flr~d in a nonoxl~izia~
at~osphere be~auæe t~ey ~re insuf~3~ien~1y
volatilized ~ur~ng ~hort firing cycle6 ~t low firing
Semperaeure~, such as 82S-1025C, ana t~us leave a
~a bonaceou~ re~idue in ehe ~elamic layer.
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11
Neverthele~6, applicant ha~ di~covered that
two very narcowly deîined type6 o~ polymer6 a~e quite
effective ~or nonoxidative ficing in that they burn
quite cleanly and thoroughly when f ir~d at 825-1025C
5 in the diele~kri~ compo6itiorls of the invention. The
~rst of these i~ poly(a~methyl~tyrene3. ~he
~econd type i~ ~ompri~ed of pclymers of
slono~unctional ~ethacrylates ~orlesponding to the
~ollowillg chemical struc'cure:
CH3
CEl;2 ~C-C~O
CHz
Rl-C-R3
R2
In ~he above-described ~etha~rylic ~onomer~,
the a-carbon ~u~t have two o~ three hyd~ogen atorn6
~ub6tituent~ depending on whether the ~-~arbon is
~resent (two hydrogen atoms) or abses~ (three
bydrogen atom~)~ In addition. if the a-~arbon iB
abæent, it i6 ~epla~ed by a hydrogen atom as i~ the
~ase with ~ethyl metha~ylate. On the oth~r hand, if
the ~-carbon i~ pre~ent, Rl. R2 and R3 are
indep~ndently ~elected ~rom alkyl, aryl or aralkyl
group~ or, if one of the three ~ qroup~ i6 H, the~
the other two R groups are pre~erred to be ~elected
from alkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups.
In the ca~e of bo~h polymer type~, it i~
preferred that the polymer~ be homopolymer~ or, in
~he ca6e of the ~ethaccyla~e polymecs, that they be
polymer~ only of ~ono~er~ ~eeting the above
cciteri~. Nevertheless, it ha6 been found that both
type~ of polymeri~ binder~ can contain ~.. to about
15% by wt., but preferably n~ mo~e than 5% by wt., of
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1~
other type6 of comonomerfi and ~till qive good
nonoxidative burnout characteci~tic6. Such other
~onomer6 include sthylenically un~aturated carboxyllc
acid~ and amine6, a~rylate~, ~ty~ene, acrylonitrile,
vinyl ac*~æte, acryla~ide and ~he like. LikewiEe,
in~tead of u6ing other comono~er~ up to about 15%
w~. other poly~er~ hOt ~eeting the above-de cribed
criteria ~n be u6ed, 8UC~ a8 homopoly~er~ and
~opolymer~ o~ the above~ ted o~her ~ono~er~. Thu6,
other ~onomerLO e~ther as separate poly~er~ or
~oneained in ~he prln~ipal binaer polymer chain, san
! be tolerated in the total binder polymer 60 long as
~he~e otheE ~aterials do not eYceed abou~ 15% and
pre~erably only about 5% of the total ~onomer ~eiqht
15 of all the binder polymer6 pre6ent in the ~y6tem.
~ o ~atter ~hat binder pol~er i~ used, it
~hould have an inhe~ent vi6co~ity of at leaBt o. 1
(measured in ~ethylene chloride at 20C) in order eo
have ~uffiGient binding strength. By and l~rge, the
~0 upper limit of ~olecular weighe ~ ~ot critical i~
the pra~tice of the inYention. However, eo avoid
pos~ible ~olvency problem6, it i8 in some in tances
. preferred to u~e polymer6 having 1nherent visco~ity
oP no ~ore than 1Ø Certainly, no advant~ge ha6
25 been found to u~ing higher mole~ular ~e~ght
polymer~. ~olrme~ havinq an inherent ViBCo~ity of
0.3-~.6 have been particularly ~uc~essful in ~he
inventlo~.
Frequently the b~nder polymer will al80
30 ~ontain one or ~ore plasticizer~ which serve to lower
the ~g of the binder polymer. ~uch plasticizers
help to a6~ure good laminat~on to ceramic
~ubstrate~. ~he ~ho~ca of pla6ticizer6 i8, of
course, determined primarily by the polymer which
35 mus~ be modified. Among ~he plasticizer6 which have
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been u~ed in ~ariou6 binder ~y6tem6 are diethyl
phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, butyl benzyl phthalate,
dibenzyl phtnalate, ~lkyl pho6phate polyalkylene
glycol~, poly(ethylene oxide~), hydroxyethylated
alkyl phe~ol, triccesyl phosphatel triethyleneglycol
diacetate and polye6~er pla~icizer~ ibutyl
phthalate i~ frequently u6ed ~n ~et~acrylic polymer
sy6tems because i~ ~an be u~ed effec~ively in
sela~ely ~mall concentration6.
I~ ~6 particularly prefesred to UBe binder
polymers havin~ high molecular weights i~ ~on3unction
with ~xternal plasticizers, ~uch as tho~e described
abo~e, ~hich Yolat~lize cleanly leaving e~entially
no re6idue. Benzyl butyl phthalate i~ Euch a
pla6ticizer. By thi6 ~ean6, the pla~ticity of the
binde~ ca~ be ad3usted ~o the tape will lami~ate well
to the ~ub~trate ~nd con~or~ around u~derlying
conductor line~ and yet it .will not be ~o ta~ky and
weak a~ to ~ake tape handling di~ficult.
The total amount of organic binder~
including any plasticizer which it ~ay ~o~tai~, ~u~t
be high enough eo obtain good la~ination and high
tape ~t~en~th, bue yet not ~o high as to de~rea~e the
packing o~ the dielectrlc ~articles. If too ~uch
organiC material ~ ~ontained in the green tape,
sint~Æi~g and denxification on firing are likely to
be lnadequate. For these reason6, it iB prefQrred
that the volume of the binder ~and pla6ticizer ~f one
i~ u~ed) be ~rom 30 to 55~ of the ~olu~e of ~he
solYent-~ree ~seen tape. From ~0 to 50 ~ vol. i~
still mo~e prefer~ed~
Orqanic Solv~nt:
The 601vent component of the ca8ting
~olution ~8 ~osen B0 a6 to obtain complete ~olution
o~ the polymer and sufficiently high volatility to
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enable the ~olvent to be evaporated ~rom the
di6per6ion by the application of relatively low
level6 of heat at at~ospheric pre sure. .In addition,
the solvent ~u6t boil well below ~he boilinq point
and decompofiition temperature of any o~her additive6
contained ln the organi~ ~ediu~. Thus, solvents
having atmo6pheric boiling point~ below 150C are
used ~08~ frequently. Such solvents include acetone,
Yylene, ~ethanol, ethanol, i~opropanolO methyl ethyl
ketone, l,l,l-trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene,
amyl acetate, 2,2,~-triethyl pentanediol-1,3-~onoi60-
butyra~e, toluene, ~ethylene ~hloride ~ndfluo~ocarbons. It ~11 be recognized that individual
~omponent6 of the golYent ~ay not ba ~omplete
~olvent6 ~or the ~inder polymer. Yet, when blended
with other solvent ~omponent~, they ~unct~on a~
- solvent6.
APP1 ication
In making muleilayer interconnections, a
cond~ctive pattern i6 ~ereen printed and fired onto
an inert ceramic sub6trate such as A1203 using a
thick film ~onductive ~ompo6itio~. ~ias are t~e~
formed by punching or by laser burning a layer of
g~een tape in an appropria~e pat~erned array. One or
~o e green eape layer~ can be u~edO depending upon
the de~ired thicknes~ of the dielectrie layer. The
green tape layer, or layers a5 the case ~ay be, i~
laminated over the printed surface of the sub6teate
and then fired at 8Z5-1025C. Typi~al lamination
~ondition~ are 50-70C at 500-2,000 p~i.
After firing tha laminated green tape, ~he
via~ are ~ ed by printing over them ~ith a thick
fil~ ~onductor compo6ition and then firing. After
the ~illed vias are fired, one or more patterned
~unctional layer~ i6 printed atop the ~ired tape. It
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~ill be ~e~ogni~ed that a printed capacitor o~
re~i6tor ~ay be printed on the layer as well as a
~onductive ~ir~uit. Each of the functional layer~
~ill ordinarily be fired ~eparately ~efore adding the
S next layer. However. in some in6tan~es, it ~ay be
~os6ible to ~oiYe the functional paeterns which are
printed on a given layer o~ ~ired tape. It may al80
be ~ossible to ~ofire the illed vias wi~h the
fun~tional layer(~). By repea~ing the ~equen~e of
~he6e ~teps (excluding the in~tial ~ubstrate printing
step), a ~omplex ~ultilayer 6tructure ~an be built up
comprising a num~ar of interconne~ted ~unctional
layers, eaeh ~epara~ed by a den6i~ied la~er o~
diele~tri~.
I~ will be recDgnized by tho~e ~killed in
the art that in ~a~h o the above-de6c~ibed
~ laminating ~tep~, the layers mu6t be ~ccurate in
regi~tration 60 that the via6 are propelly conne~ted
to the appropriate conta~t point6 of the adjacent
fun~tional layer.
The term ~unctional layer" refer6 to the
layer6 ~rintsd on the ~e~a~ic ~een tape ~hich have
either conducti~e, re~isei~e or capacitive
functionality. Thu6, a typical green tape layer may
have prin~ed thereon one or more re~6tor ~ir5Uitfi
and/or capa~i~or~ as well as one or more conductive
circuit6.
~ 8 used herein, ~he ~erm "firing" mean6
heating the layer in question in a ~onoxidizing
30 atmo~phere, such as nitcogen, to a temper~ture and
$or a time ~ufficient to volatilize rburnout) all of
the organiG material ln the layer and to sin~er and
densify the ino~ganic solids.
Te6t Procedures
Dis~ipat~on Factor (DF) is a mea~ure of t~e
pha~e di~fecence between voltage and current. In a
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perfec~ ~apaci~or, the ~hase diPference would be
90. However, i~ practical dielectric ~y~tems, DF i6
le6~ than 90 becau6e o~ leakage and relaxation
1056e6. I~ particular, DF i~ the tangent of t~e
angle by whieh the ~urrent lag~ the 90 ~ector. In
pract~ce, DF ~ a mea~ure of i~ternal power los6e6
due to conduction t~rough ehe diel~tri~ rom one
lead to the other.
Dielectc~ Con~tant (~ a measure of the
abillty of a dielectric ~aterial to ~tore an
electrical pot~tial enerqy unde the influence of an
ele~t~i~al field. Thu~. it i~ the ratio bet~een the
capacitance of a capacitor ~eh the sub3ee$ ~aterial
a~ dielectric (the fired di~le~tric in thi~ case) ~o
ehe capacitance of a capacitor ~ieh a vacuum as the
diele~tri~.
- E~AMPLE
ExamPle 1
A cera~ic filip was prepared by ball milling
the following co~stituent~ for 16 hour6:
211.4 g Gla~s Fsit
31.7 g Quartz
133.0 g Alumi~a
50.0 g Polyt~e~hyl ~ethacrylate)~
60.0 g Benzyl Butyl Ph~halate
250.0 g ~ethyl Ethyl Xeto~e
The gla6s ~rit had the ~ompo6ition by weiqht:
56.5% SiO2
17.2% PbO2
9.1% A1~03
a . 6% CaO
4.5% B203
2.4~ Na~O
1.7% X20
The ino~ga3lic 601ids charged to the ball mill were
~inely divided powde~s. The glas~ frit had a surface
area of 2.7 ~ /g. the quarez a ~ur~a~e area of 8
~2~g and ~he alumina had ~ surfac~ area of 3.7
E~ /g -
Following ball ~illing, the eera~ic ~lip wasca6t onto a ~ilicone-treated 1 ~il ~ylar~* polye6ter
film at a wet thickness of ~pproximately 15 ~il6 and
allo~ed to dry at ~oom tempera~ure by 801vent
eYaporation. The resultant green tape wa~ ~u~ into
approximately 0.6 in. squares and la~inated to a 1
1 in. ~ub~trate of 96~ alumina containing a ~refired
~ircular electrode of ~u Pone 9924 ~hie~ film copper
~aste. Laminati~g ~as perormed a~ 50C ~ith S00 psi
pre6~ure for 15 minute6. The ta~e ~dhered well to
the æubstrate and con~ormed well around the printed
~opper pattern. ~ollowing la~i~ae~on, the ~ylar
ba~king ~a~ removed and the laminate fired in a ~hic~
~lm ~onveyor furnace in a nitrogen at~osphere. The
~iring ~ycle was 1 ~our in leng~h and had a pea~
firing temperature o~ 900C for 10 ~inutesO The
Pi2ed d1electric wa~ flat, with no edge curl~nq, and
contai~ed no crac~6 or tear~.
~ext, the ~irGuit wa~ completea by ~rinti~g
and ~iri~g a top e~rcular electrode o~ copper to form
a capa~ito~.
The thusly ~ormed capacitor wa6 of high
qual~ty, ~ith no shorting between electrodefi and had
a S~red dielectr~c thicknes6 o~ about 3.0 ~ils.
Capacit~nce and di~6ipation ~actor were
~ea6ured o~ a Hewlett-Packard Model 4262A LCR ~eter
at a frequency of 1 XH~ Dis6ipation factor wa~
0.3-0.5% a~d ~ dielectric constant of 6.5-~.5 wa6
aalculated from the observed capacitance and
capacitor geometry.
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Elvaci~e 2010, Elvacite i6 a re~i6tered trademark
of E. I. du Pont de Nemou 6 & Co., ~il~ington, DE
~o~ poly(methyl ~e~hacrylate) ~e6infi. Elvacite
2010 ha6 an inherent vi~c06ity o 0.4.
~ Mylar i6 a regi6tered ~rademark o~ ~. I. du Pon~
de Nemours ~ Co., ~ gton, D~ ~o~ polye~ter
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